Friday, May 14, 2010

Oh, hello there. Hope you are doing well this fine Sexy Friday morning. We know we are. No bullet points this morning. Bullets feel quick and rushed. Today feels like a day for slow reflection. Take a deep breath, catch our wind from the Pens and think about Flyers / Bs. So let's ramble on a bit, shall we?

So of course plenty of fallout, and looking back, on the Pens series. Are the Habs America's Team? My favourite story from yesterday is the one about Sid finally getting his own place. Do we think he's grown up enough? Will he still go home to get his laundry done? In the MSM, we thought Burnside had a decent series wrap up, though it's pretty much from a Pens persepctive. In the blogosphere, let's give some props to the Pensblog for manning up and writing this about the Habs:

It doesn't even shame us to say it, but we're jumping right back on board with the Canadiens the rest of the way. There's just something about a team that is playing as a team. They came into this series and made a lot of Pens fans look like assholes, us included. Have to respect it.

OK so how about those Bs and Flyers? Are the Bs epically choking? Chara says they're not panicking. Well we think they should be. So we guess the question of the day today will be "who would you rather play"? In a perfect world, FHF would give you a rundown of all the pros and cons of each opponent. Too bad this world is far from perfect. We'll let you guys argue it out. Personally, TMS prefers the Bs. We played better against the Bs this year. Simple as that. If you want to know FHF thoughts about the Flyers and Bs, you can take a look back at the History of Evil series and 10 things we hate about the Bs and 10 more things we hate about the Bs.

From the audiovisual department, if you are wondering why HF10 and TMS keep shouting "TekSaveeeee!" at FHF meetings, watch it here. And finally, with a lap dance to Orangeman, we believe that these videos are getting embarrassing already:

110 comments:

Ha! Ha! Ha! lak...I don't give a rat's ass who we face. Neither team is up to the challenge. B's kicked our ass in 4 last year, so it could be payback time. Freaking Biron won 4 straight after letting us win the first one 2 years a go - Leighton ain't no Biron and Carcillo is a dick, we owe them a kick in the ass to.

Okay, while I realize that the "History" videos are getting a wee bit with the overkill... that's still my favourite one of the bunch. The joy on Gio's face... *sigh*

I'll just go daydream again. Carry on.

On a Debbie Downer note: I'm actually scared of both teams. The Bruins will be another defensive team - not sure how we'll match up against that. And if we're facing the Flyers - they'll be flying as high as us. But I think we match up better against them because they play a system that is similar to the Caps/Pens.

We all love Gio, but backwards Gio instantly made me think of this:Cooper's Dream

As for Bs vs. Flyers - in both cases, I'm really worried. All season long, the Habs have performed really well in situations where they were expected to lose - it's why they had a decent reg season record vs. Washington, beat the Red Wings early in the season, etc. - and crapped the bed in situations where they were expected to do better - like the last week of the season. Nobody gave them a chance vs. Washington or Pittsburgh, but going into this series against either team, they're going to be borderline favourites.

I'd take the Bs because:-They're tired and their confidence is shot even if they win. Do we want to face a team that just came back epically?

-They have tight defensive system, but they cannot score. If the Habs can beat the Pens and Caps 2-1 they can beat the Bs 1-0.

-I hate both teams, but I respect the Bs as an opponent. A bloodied, embrrassed opponent. I just hate the Phlyers.

-Briere will kill us. Let's face it.

I actually thought we did have a chance against the Caps (look it up!), though not so much against the Pens, I'll admit. But both the Bs and the Phlyers scare me because their game is completely different and in many ways similar to the Habs.

But they don't have the top scorer or the top goalie, so screw 'em. I won't wake up early to watch the whole game, but I'll see the 3rd at least. I'm predicting Philly, but I'm hoping for Bs. Either way, I hope it goes to quadruple OT. And a meteror shower wouldn't hurt.

Hate the Flyers. Hate the Bruins more. Don't want the Bruins to win another game, ever, in their history. So I guess I prefer facing the banged up, no Jeff Carter, third-string goalie starting Flyers. Also, Tuukka Rask is the next best goalie left in the playoffs, so getting him the fuck home to Finaland tonight would ease my mind a little.

Damn right we want YOU! We have a history of breaking Bostonians hearts repeatedly that must be upheld!

@ Moey - A dicktoucher is really just someone who touches dicks. Could be anyone but funner to think of it as a man who touches another mans dick. Or his own too often...which would be weird also. Its been a term for a while but popularised when Eric Cartman admitted he and his cousin touched weiners in South Park when faking he had tourettes. That's my take on it anyways.

Dryden, post-1971, would go on to win five more Cups and become one of the great observers of the game. In 2003 he added a chapter to his best-selling book The Game, in which he assessed the franchise and touched upon its magic.

“It has been twenty-five seasons since the Canadiens were the best team in hockey,” he wrote. “Twice in that time they won the Stanley Cup, in 1986 and 1993, but that is not the same thing. They were underdogs both times, and both times they found victory with smart, opportunistic play, good fortune, strong goaltending, and that catch-all which everyone understands and no on can explain: the ‘Canadiens mystique.’

I hope the Bruins die in a fiery bus crash on the way to the rink tonight. I hope the Flyers Broad Street bully your sissy pants Broons right into the harbour near where you ungrateful colonists pitched all the tea. And, if by some hook or crook or Rask your boys survive those goons from Philly tonight, I'll be happy to see Montreal finish the job like a pack of wolves putting the death blow onto a wounded bear that just went 7 games.

I am deliriously happy to hear you have been rooting against Montreal. Despite your obvious mental issues, you understand hate. I respect that.

@Wendel (aka Nostradamus)Whatever you say. We read all about what you think and that's fantastic, really. No use in arguing because we all know that bloggers control what happens in a game not the actual players. If you say it and someone wrote about it you must be right. Thank you for taking the time to enlighten us. 4, 10, 29, 33? We can close up shop now because our luck is about to change.

"Stupid good," Gomez said, laughing, of the city's lust for all things CH. "We had a pretty good idea of that after the Washington series.

"Our fans are great. They were great even when they were hard on us. The season we had, the ups and downs, they were nervous.They deserve this. It gets harder from here, but this is definitely where the fun starts."

I know it is a complex concept for a Leafie, but you are belittling yourself with all of this "schadenfreude". (It is a German term for shameful joy - happiness from the misfortune of others.)

Plus when the Habs are successful you will just be filled with more hate. You will convince yourself that somehow someone stole the cup for the Leafs this season. Maybe they should stop all this most goals wins the game and change it to most shots wins the game, that would fix those Habs.

Why is anyone responding to that dipshit? He's like Glenn Beck. He doesn't understand what he's talking about so he just says outrageous things to get attention. Thing is, if we just change the channel he'll go away eventually. What does it matter to us if people think winning back-to-back 7 game series is luck? No one is going to de-crazy Beck and no one's going to educate haters who don't want to understand.

HMmmmm........British Burger at the Royal Oak, the description of condiments has my mouth watering (HEY leave that one alone) but on the other hand it sounds awfully snooty.

As this is my first exposure to Sexy Friday I must voice my approval.

WTF with Wendell's balls!? Seriously this fuck is the perverbial BAG-O-HAMMERS dumb.

Ya Broons 'cause they can't score, they are beat up and will limp into the game Sunday. Momentum is huge in hockey (ask "I am coaching, I opened the gate during the entire games both #6 & #7" Boudreau)about it and they wont have it even if they win tonight.

>Once upon a Friday dreary, in did creep a fucken Leafy>While I plodded, thinking typing, suddenly there was some yapping, yapping by some asshole bore>"'Tis some moron" I muttered, only this and nothing more

>Ah, distinctly I remeber it was as early as December>That each Leaf hope lay dying, rotting on the floor>Eagerly they wished the morrow;-vainly they sought to borrow>From the greatness of our heroes-heroes yet again once more>Fuck the Leafs for evermore

>And the Leafs, never flitting, the asshole Clarkie still is typing>On the great blog of HabsFansFour, full of wisdom and babes galore>All his thoughts consumed in dreaming, dreaming of the lost success>And my soul is truly lifted by the hatred at their fucken mess, >Caps and Pens, Flyers and Bruins at least were in it, so I do give props to these four>but the Leafs continue blowing and shall post season Nevermore.

GYMFHG

Pants all the way.

Hey Clarkie this is the last time I bother with you, I am truly astounded at your utter stupidity, the other Leaf fans would pummel you for making them look so stupid.

Definitely the Bruins... how nice will it be to see Recchi, Ryder, Begin and Julien? The only thing that worries me is that all season long the Habs have played to the level of their competition; hopefully they can get over that and knock the B's out quickly.

Also, do we get a new pantscast now? I need something to kill the time while commuting, and nothing's better than laughing like a mofo on a crowded train, freaking out everyone around you.

lets be weary of hubris here people. I know there is a fine line between confidence and cockiness but lets tread lightly. We have a good team if not great, and they are more than capable of laying waste to Bettman's giants, but as we ourselves have proven any team can win on any given night. Lets keep the good vibes/faith thing going and lets not plan the parade just yet. Both teams we might face have dangerous qualities so here is hoping they gouge each other's eyes out. Fuck the Phillys Mother fuck the Bruins oh and Fuck the Fucking queefs.

@29 Thanks for the cock stiffening ladies on this wonderful Friday.

WV= borbs.... I have to many ideas for this to just put one thing down. Also it made me giggle when I read it

Dryden entitled a chapter "Our friends, the enemy." Definitely the Bruins. It is the rivalry par excellence. It is the rivalry where the guy in the other building can sing "Oh Canada" en français. Such irony, Gill playing in front of his hometown friends, Begin the same. Dominic Moore just a ride on the T from his alma mater. Gotta happen. Then the B's gotta loose, they gotta get their butts kicked wicked bad. They got learn that frappe isn't just an extra thick milk shake.

I don't have a beef with him but Stevie had a knack for taking really bad boneheaded penalties in crucial games. Ref: April 2007, last game of the regular season fighting the leafs for a playoff spot and then again in 2008 in the fifth game against the Flyers in the playoffs. Saku tied it and Begin took a boarding penalty, much like what Sid did in game 7 and the Flyers scored.

Both momentum changers. That's all I meant by it. Hope he does the same thing if we play the B's.

host: we've got...uh... marc andre bergeron on the line. hello marc andre.MAB: hi... you know i just wanted to say how lucky we're to have halak right now...

host goes off for 5 minutes about price vs halak, blah, blah, blah.

host: so where did you watch the game from? on tv or did you go down to the bell centre?MAB: uh well, actually yves, i was on the ice.host: really? tabarouette!!! that's exciting! you mean you went down to pittsburgh?MAB: well, yes, i'm number 47. sometimes i stand near the blueline taking slappers.

there's more but the audio crapped out on me. i'm still trying to listen to the rest.

I absolutely dismantled you yesterday...I admire your perseverance but c'mon...

I don't believe in luck. Chinese people believe in luck they have all sorts of superstitions. I believe in confidence and playing as a team like a well-oiled machine.

I have always argued goalies that you call "lucky" are lucky for a reason. When Montreal has faced Brodeur over the years we hit 10 posts every game. You call that luck, I call that the players reaction to trying to surgically pick a corner due to fear for a lack of a better word of missing. Same as shooting it directly at his logo.

Halak gets "lucky" because he is in their head. He has made them shoot somewhere at him or at post that they might have done better if they had the confidence they could beat him.

When your leafs have a winning season you can be Mr. Internet know it all. Until then cheer for the Caps or Penguins. Oh wait you tried that....

I heard that half an hour ago, pretty funny. The radio host goes on forever and ever at first not letting MAB put a word in the conversation.

As for the Bs or the longhaired bearded Phily-cheese, I'd prefer the Bs as they are the last team to have eliminated us. And they did so in 4. Ever since Gagné has come back from injury, the Phlyers have been on a good streak. And I'd hate to face a local boy who is "hot" right now.

On a side note, isn't it ironic that the 8th place team is about to face either the 6th or 7th place team?

you know a thought just struck me. had we gotten just one more point in that crappy last week of the season and the Flyers win tonight, we would have had home ice advantage in the next round. that's insane

If only the atmosphere at hockey games was like this, chants through out the game, cheer them on win or lose. Instead we hear the screams of teenage girls after goals and boos after a loss. The flares are just the icing on the cake. (I was in that section is why I'm mentioning all of this, actually, I was two feet away from the flares). Anyway, what I mean is that I'm fed up of fans at games simply reacting to what happens, I want people to cheer through out and not only help the team, but piss of the other team. Before the game even started I managed to get a TFC player to jog right up to me and flip me me and my friend off. Being a "Supporter" is one of the games inside the game and I think it actually helps the teams, unlike "OLE-ing" AFTER the team scores the goal. You see this kind of support in some places in Europe at hockey games and I think it's great. And it's fun. That's what I want the crowds at hockey games to be like, but since their not, I have to go to Impact games to join some real supporters, and trust me, even though it's soccer, it's usually a lot more fun to go to an Impact game in section 114 then to go to a habs game

Apparantly there's some leaf fans rooting for the Habs now. They can't be real leaf fans, there is no way on God's green earth I would ever cheer for the leafs under any circumstances. I'd rather cheer for Boston.

Just print out a picture and stick pins in their knees, ankles and shoulders. We did it at work for Ovie and Matt Cooke. Worked like a charm. Don't wish injury, that's bad karma and could bite us in the arse. Just wanna throw them off their games.

Just tuning in here. Did the Phlyers really come back from 3-0 in this game, too?! Fuck that, Bs please. The game is tied after 2 which is great. Keep that going assholes. But in the end I want the Broons.

Weren't the Habs supposed to be all juiced up after the Caps win? They bombed the opener vs. the Pens, if I remember correctly.

Yet the Flyers are gonna win a 5th straight after a more physical series with a similar turnaround time? They don't get tired and beat up too? If that's the case, let's ship a crate of whatever they're drinking over to the Bell Centre.

GYFHG! Habs in 6 goddammit, just because I fucking say so.

Fuck the Flyers, and if the Bruins can't hold onto a 3 goal lead in a game 7 semi-final, after dropping a 3 game lead, they don't fucking deserve to skate on Bell Centre ice anyway. Fucking teddy bears.

Ah ahah ha ha ha haha fucking Bruins. That was a glorious collapse, entirely befitting that cursed, useless excuse for a professional franchise.

On the other hand ... now it's go time with the most wretched hive of scum and villany in the NHL. Fuck Briere, Gagne, Hartnell, that cheapshotting prick Richards, Carcillo, Pronger, their third rate third string goalie, Bobby Clarke and all their boorish, fatass Kate Smith worshipping fuckers in the stands.

GO YOU FUCKING GLORIOUS PLAY THE GAME WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT HABS GO!

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The Four(-ish) Habs Fans are four(-ish) Habs fans. Three are from Montreal, though one of those is now stuck in the middle of the Red Mile. The other somehow grew up a Habs fan in the middle of Ontario Cottage Country, and now lives in Hogtown. Some of them are lawyers, so they are opinionated, and may or may not be assholes.

HabsFan29 is a lifelong Montrealer who decided the Four Habs Fans' email exchanges about the Habs were just too stupidly amusing and occasionally intelligent not to share with the world. The 29 is for the greatest (only?) Goalie-lawyer-PM candidate ever. He would like his mom to know that his meth habit is overstated on this blog for comedic effect.

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HabsFanForever33 aka Panger is a Montrealer in Exile currently residing mere blocks from the Red Mile, yet whose passion for all things Canadiens has only embiggened with distance. HFF33 worships at the altar of St. Patrick. Panger still gets chills recalling the moment he met the greatest goal-scorer of all time, The Rocket. HFF33 is a life-long Habs fan, except during the Houle-Tremblay Era, when Le Club de Hockey Canadiens was dead to Panger.

HabsFan10 grew up watching Le Demon Blond on Radio-Canada with his unilingual English Dad in a WASPy little town in Maple Leafs country, at least until the playoffs each year, when he got to hear Danny Gallivan and Dick Irvin because the Leafs played on opposite nights (if they made the playoffs at all). Rick Middleton and Cam Neely sometimes haunt his dreams. He thinks Thurso, Quebec should be declared a national historical site. If you aren't sure what the 10 in HF10 stands for, you're on the wrong site, buster.

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moeman born in l'Estie'd'Québec, was baptized Maurice because well his Mom, seeing his beautiful dark locks and glaring eyes knew he'd need a namesake, actually it was his Mon Oncle Yvon that CHristened his Habstism, deep in central Ontario no less. He took life's circuitous route and blessed his own son with the name Patrick in 1993. He also has a gorgeous daughter but she's a Sens fan, so, meh. moeman loves women, wine, song, women, Habs, his kids, women, iOS Apps, hockey blogging women and women. His other passion, he hates the leaf. He also loves women.